Our Greatest Privilege
by Joyce Meyer
Prayer is so simple that even the feeblest child
can pray, yet it is at the same time the highest and holiest work to which man
can rise. It is fellowship with the Unseen and Most Holy One. —Andrew
Murray
I believe prayer is the greatest privilege of our
lives. It’s not something we have to do; it’s something we get to
do. It’s an important and intimate aspect of our love relationship with God
because it’s the way we communicate with Him.
Prayer is also the way we partner with God to see
His plans and purposes come to pass in our lives and in the lives of those we
love. It’s the means by which we human beings on earth can actually enter into
God’s awesome presence. It allows us to share our hearts with Him, listen for
His voice, and know how to discover and enjoy all the great things He has for
us.
Communicating with God is indeed the greatest
privilege I can imagine, but this high and holy work is also the simplest
privilege I know.
I do not think prayer was ever meant to be
complicated and that, from the very beginning, God intended it to be an easy,
natural way of life by which we stay connected with Him all day, every day.
Madame Jeanne Guyon wrote in Experiencing the
Depths of Jesus Christ that “…God demands nothing extraordinary. On the
contrary, He is very pleased by a simple childlike conduct. I would even put it
this way: The highest spiritual attainments are really the ones that are the
most easily reached. The things that are most important are the things that are
the least difficult!”
When you pray today, realize what a privilege it is
and use the opportunity to tell God how much you love Him.
Love God Today: Make a priority of
exercising the greatest privilege of your life: prayer.
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